Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Graphic Materials - Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical
Collections
18: Single Item with Beginning Text Used as Title (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition)
Grand shooting match! : a grand, tremendous, terrible ... shooting match will take place at old Tom Hackett’s in Bedford, N.H., on ... Oct. 17th, 1867 ... -- Bedford Centre, New Hampshire : From the Gospel Banner Press, [1867]
1 print : woodcut, with text in letterpress ; sheet 56 x 35 cm.
Picture caption: A shot in the locker.
In Rare Book and Special Collections Division ( Broadside Collection, Portfolio 94-16)
Grand: The beginning (and in this case, the most prominent) words of the item are transcribed as the title proper (1B1.5).
match!: The exclamation mark is recorded even though it precedes the mark of omission (0C10).
terrible ... shooting: Other title information is abridged to eliminate unessential words (1F2).
Bedford Centre: The name of the publisher is transcribed with associated words appearing on the item (2D1).
[1867]: The date, an integral part of the title, is repeated as the date element in the publication, distribution, etc., area, and enclosed in square brackets (2F2).
Broadside Collection, Portfolio 94-16: This item has been cataloged for its pictorial interest. It might also have been cataloged as a single sheet publication according to the provisions in Bibliographic Description of Rare Books.
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